A black farmer has the internet talking after posting a powerful message on social media about race relations in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Chris Newman, owner of the Sylvanaqua Farms in Albemarle County, shared his thoughts on a recent “Love Trumps Hate” counter-protest on Saturday. The rally was held in response to white supremacist Richard Spencer leading a protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

“I’d like to appreciate [the Love Trumps Hate rally],” Newman wrote in a Facebook post published on May 17. “But frankly I just don’t.”

Newman went on to call out the subtle racism of his neighbors, who purport to be progressive and inclusive but have yet to acknowledge the fact that Charlottesville is, by his estimation, “the most aggressively segregated place” he’s ever lived in.

The farmer recounted that he’s been racially profiled and questioned by police several times after receiving “strange looks from a passerby.”

“It isn’t Richard Spencer calling the cops on me for farming while Black,” Newman wrote. “It’s nervous White women in yoga pants with ‘I’m with her’ and ‘Coexist’ stickers on their German SUVs.”

The farmer went on to suggest that residents of the town who are interested in racial progress should consider how to effect change in their own everyday lives.

“People are so busy going after that easy fix, going after that Confederate flag, that they’re not doing the hard thing, which is thinking, how did we get here, and how the hell do we dig out of institutional racism,” Newman wrote.

As of Wednesday, Newman’s post has received over 5,000 shares and hundreds of comments from people chiming in with their own thoughts on race in Charlottesville...

As I've said many times, the Democrats are the party of the KKK, Jim Crow, slavery, and affirmative action.

A black farmer has the internet talking after posting a powerful message on social media about race relations in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Chris Newman, owner of the Sylvanaqua Farms in Albemarle County, shared his thoughts on a recent “Love Trumps Hate” counter-protest on Saturday. The rally was held in response to white supremacist Richard Spencer leading a protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

“I’d like to appreciate [the Love Trumps Hate rally],” Newman wrote in a Facebook post published on May 17. “But frankly I just don’t.”

Newman went on to call out the subtle racism of his neighbors, who purport to be progressive and inclusive but have yet to acknowledge the fact that Charlottesville is, by his estimation, “the most aggressively segregated place” he’s ever lived in.

The farmer recounted that he’s been racially profiled and questioned by police several times after receiving “strange looks from a passerby.”

“It isn’t Richard Spencer calling the cops on me for farming while Black,” Newman wrote. “It’s nervous White women in yoga pants with ‘I’m with her’ and ‘Coexist’ stickers on their German SUVs.”

The farmer went on to suggest that residents of the town who are interested in racial progress should consider how to effect change in their own everyday lives.

“People are so busy going after that easy fix, going after that Confederate flag, that they’re not doing the hard thing, which is thinking, how did we get here, and how the hell do we dig out of institutional racism,” Newman wrote.

As of Wednesday, Newman’s post has received over 5,000 shares and hundreds of comments from people chiming in with their own thoughts on race in Charlottesville...

As I've said many times, the Democrats are the party of the KKK, Jim Crow, slavery, and affirmative action.

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All you are doing is empowering Democrats to hate white people.

Black racists are some of most powerful voices Democrats have today, and Democrats are giving them all the microphones that they need.

As I've said many times, the Democrats are the party of the KKK, Jim Crow, slavery, and affirmative action.

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Lol I can't believe you posted that in a thread that you created to attack people who oppose a symbol of the KKK, Jim Crow, and slavery.

Republicans love to blame Democrats for the confederacy, but then they shut up REAL QUICK when you point out it's republicans currently rallying behind confederate flags and holding up the confederacy as heroes.

Endlessly saying that Jim Crow, colonial slavery etc are the worst of the worst and Democrats are responsible for it is not hurting social justice warrior Democrats that are fueled by anti-white racism and white guilt.

All you are effectively doing is saying to the Democrats that white people are morally compromised or inherently morally inferior, and that this means only the most non-white organizations are legitimate(I.E Democrat organizations).

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during the 1980s and the fall semesters of 1993 and 1997, they found that
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scores are above 1500, who are African American, and who are student
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As I've said many times, the Democrats are the party of the KKK, Jim Crow, slavery, and affirmative action.

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Lol I can't believe you posted that in a thread that you created to attack people who oppose a symbol of the KKK, Jim Crow, and slavery.

Republicans love to blame Democrats for the confederacy, but then they shut up REAL QUICK when you point out it's republicans currently rallying behind confederate flags and holding up the confederacy as heroes.

As I've said many times, the Democrats are the party of the KKK, Jim Crow, slavery, and affirmative action.

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Lol I can't believe you posted that in a thread that you created to attack people who oppose a symbol of the KKK, Jim Crow, and slavery.

Republicans love to blame Democrats for the confederacy, but then they shut up REAL QUICK when you point out it's republicans currently rallying behind confederate flags and holding up the confederacy as heroes.

As I've said many times, the Democrats are the party of the KKK, Jim Crow, slavery, and affirmative action.

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Lol I can't believe you posted that in a thread that you created to attack people who oppose a symbol of the KKK, Jim Crow, and slavery.

Republicans love to blame Democrats for the confederacy, but then they shut up REAL QUICK when you point out it's republicans currently rallying behind confederate flags and holding up the confederacy as heroes.

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Nobody holds up the Confederacy as heroes, idiot.

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LOL!!!

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Waving the Rebel battle flag as a Southerner to acknowledge a uniquely American culture and identity is not holding up the Confederacy, dumbass.

Even defending Robert E. Lee is not holding up the Confederacy. Robert E. Lee was a decent man for his time, and very different from the leaders of the Confederate movement.

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